“My fingers are crossed,” he said. “Next year might be even better. We can attract some more people, more talent. Now I know my role, and I know the system, it’s second nature to me now. I know the city very well. I’m stepping out, going to SMU games and getting out and about. I’m very comfortable here.

“I like the guys. I like the nucleus we have here. With my role and the way I play and the way I go about things, it really helps guys here. And they like that. Hopefully, that’s enough so that they can still have trust in me enough to play significant minutes and help the other guys out.”

It’ s hard to predict what the Mavericks will do this summer, Mark Cuban wants to go big game hunting for another star but it’s a slim market (unless Miami breaks up, which is highly unlikely at best).

Another year or two of Carter at a fair price would seem a good deal for both sides.

Bring him back to Toronto. He is still a legend in Canada and the reason there are so many good players are coming out of the city (Wiggins, Ennis, Thompson, Bennett….well maybe the jury is out on that last one but you get my point). Basketball blew up north of the border thanks to Vince.